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Lexicon :: Strong's H2691 - ḥāṣēr

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חָצֵר
Transliteration
ḥāṣēr
Pronunciation
khaw-tsare'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From חָצַר (H2690) in its original sense
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 722a,723a

Strong’s Definitions

חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x

The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 189x
The KJV translates Strong's H2691 in the following manner: court (141x), villages (47x), towns (1x).

  1. court, enclosure

    1. enclosures

    2. court

  2. settled abode, settlement, village, town

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָצֵר châtsêr, khaw-tsare'; (masculine and feminine); from H2690 in its original sense; a yard (as inclosed by a fence); also a hamlet (as similarly surrounded with walls):—court, tower, village.
STRONGS H2691: Abbreviations
I. חָצֵר 145 noun masculine Ezekiel 40:23 and (oftener) feminine 1 Kings 6:36 enclosure, court — absolute ח׳ 1 Kings 7:8 +, חָצֵרָה Jeremiah 36:20; construct חֲצַר Exodus 27:9 +; suffix חֲצֵרוֺ 2 Samuel 17:18; חֲצֵרוֺת Exodus 8:9 + 4 times; construct חַצְרֵי Nehemiah 13:7, הַצְרוֺת 2 Kings 21:5 + 10 times; suffix חֲצֵרָ֑י Isaiah 1:12; Zechariah 3:7; חֲצֵרֶיךָ Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:11; חֲצֵרוֺתָ֑י 1 Chronicles 28:6; חֲצֵרֹתָיו Psalm 100:4, לְחַצְרוֺתָ֑יו Psalm 96:8, וּבְחַצְרֹתֵיהֶם Nehemiah 8:16; —
1. enclosures (in Egypt), perhaps court-yards, or cattle-yards, distinct from houses and from fields Exodus 8:9 (J).
2. court of private house 2 Samuel 17:18 (containing well), compare Nehemiah 8:16; of a palace, חָצֵר הָאַחֶרֶת 1 Kings 7:8 the other court, immediately surrounding palace, so called in distinct. from הַגְּדוֺלָה (הֶ)ח׳ 1 Kings 7:9; 1 Kings 7:12 the great court, including הא׳ ח׳ and הַמְּנִימִית הֶח׳ of temple (see 3b) in one great enclosure (see StaSalomos Bauten, ZAW 1883. 152 f.); 2 Kings 20:4 (Qr Vrss The Kmp Klo and others; Kt Ke and others הָעִיר), Jeremiah 36:20; Esther 1:5; Esther 2:11; Esther 4:11; Esther 5:1, 2; Esther 6:4 (twice in verse); Esther 6:5; מַטָּרָה ח׳ court of guard, place of (honourable) confinement Jeremiah 32:2 (in king's house), Jeremiah 32:8; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 37:21 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 38:6, 13, 28; Jeremiah 39:14, 15. Especially
3. a. court of tabernacle חֲצַר הַמִּשְׁכָּן Exodus 27:9, compare Exodus 27:9; Exodus 27:12; Exodus 27:13 + 24 times Exodus (all P; שַׁעַר הֶח׳ gate of the court Exodus 35:17; Exodus 38:15, 18, 31; Exodus 39:40; Exodus 40:8, 33); Leviticus 6:9; Leviticus 6:19; Numbers 3:26 (twice in verse) (פֶּתַח הֶח׳), Numbers 3:37; Numbers 4:26 (twice in verse) (הֶח׳ שַׁעַר פֶּתַח), Numbers 4:32; courts of house of י׳ 1 Chronicles 23:28.
b. court(s) of Solomon's temple, inner with הַפְּנִימִית הֶח׳ 1 Kings 6:36; 1 Kings 7:12 (but on text see Stal.c.) Ezekiel 8:16; Ezekiel 10:3 compare Ezekiel 10:4;＝upper with הָעֶלְיוֺן הֶח׳ Jeremiah 36:10 (see Gf), and הַכֹּהֲנִים ח׳ 2 Chronicles 4:9 (where also הָעֲזָרָה הַגְּדוֺלָה, as often Ezek., also דְּלָתוֺת לָעֲזָרָה); outer court הֶח׳ הַחִיצֹנָה Ezekiel 10:5＝הַחֲדָשָׁה הֶח׳ 2 Chronicles 20:5; see further 1 Kings 8:64 2 Chronicles 7:7; 24:21; 29:16; Jeremiah 19:14; Jeremiah 26:2; Ezekiel 8:7; two courts 2 Kings 21:5 2 Chronicles 33:5; 2 Kings 23:12; courts Ezekiel 9:7; 1 Chronicles 28:12; 2 Chronicles 23:5; Nehemiah 8:1, 6; Nehemiah 13:7; often in poetry, courts of י׳ Isaiah 1:12; Isaiah 62:9 (קדשׁי ח׳), Zechariah 3:7; Psalm 65:5; Psalm 84:3; Psalm 84:11; Psalm 96:8; Psalm 100:4; Psalm 116:19; Psalm 135:2
c. courts of Ezekiel's temple Ezekiel 40:14 + 38 times Ezekiel 40-46 (of these read הַשַּׁעַר for החצר Ezekiel 40:19, 32 with Greek Version of the LXX Hi Co; and החיצון for החצר Ezekiel 41:15 with Greek Version of the LXX Ew Co). **Ezekiel 42:6 הַחִיצֹנוֺת for הַחֲצֵרוֺת.

II. [חָצֵר] 46 noun masculineNehemiah 11:25 settled abode, settlement, village (Lagl.c.) — always plural, absolute חֲצֵרִים Joshua 19:8 + 5 times; construct חַצְרֵי 1 Chronicles 9:16; Nehemiah 12:28; suffix חֲצֵרֶיהָ Joshua 21:12 + 4 times; חַצְרֵיהֶם 1 Chronicles 4:33 + 6 times; חַצְרֵיהֶן Joshua 13:23 + 24 times Joshua; —
a. settlements of Ishmaelites Genesis 25:16 (P; || טִירוֺת circles of tents); of עַוִּים [H2699 Deuteronomy 2:23]; of Kedar Isaiah 42:11 (|| עָרִים); בָּתֵּי הַחֲצֵרִים אֲשֶׁר אֵיןלָֿהֶם חֹמָה סָבִיב Leviticus 25:31 (H), houses of the villages which have no wall about them; מַאֲרַב חֲצֵרִים Psalm 10:8 lurking-place(s) of villages (i.e. where oppressor, as a wild beast, watches his opportunity to attack the defenceless). Usually...
b. as dependencies of cities Joshua 15:46, with בְּנֹתֶיהָ (see above בַּת 4.) Joshua 15:45, 47 (twice in verse) (all J E ?); אֲשֶׁר סְבִיבוֺת הֶעָרִים וְכָלהַֿח׳ Joshua 19:8 (P), also Joshua 21:12 (P),＝1 Chronicles 6:41; Nehemiah 12:29; also Joshua 13:23, 28; Joshua 15:32 + 23 times Joshua (all P), Nehemiah 11:25, 30 (|| בָּנוֺת Nehemiah 11:25; Nehemiah 11:27 etc.), Nehemiah 12:28.
c. villages, not contrasted with cities (compare Isaiah 42:11 above) 1 Chronicles 9:16, 22, 25 (all of Levites).
d. ח׳ apparently including all settlements outside of Jerusalem הַח׳ בִּשְׂדֹתָם Nehemiah 11:25. — ח׳ in proper name, of a location see below (and see Bla on Joshua 15:20-32).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

25:16

Exodus

8:9; 8:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:9; 27:12; 27:13; 35:17; 38:15; 38:18; 38:31; 39:40; 40:8; 40:33

Leviticus

6:9; 6:19; 25:31

Numbers

3:26; 3:37; 4:26; 4:32

Joshua

13:23; 13:23; 13:28; 15:32; 15:45; 15:46; 15:47; 19:8; 19:8; 21:12; 21:12

2 Samuel

17:18; 17:18

1 Kings

6:36; 6:36; 7:8; 7:8; 7:9; 7:12; 7:12; 8:64

2 Kings

20:4; 21:5; 21:5; 23:12

1 Chronicles

4:33; 6:41; 9:16; 9:16; 9:22; 9:25; 23:28; 28:6; 28:12

2 Chronicles

4:9; 7:7; 20:5; 23:5; 24:21; 29:16; 33:5

Nehemiah

8:1; 8:6; 8:16; 8:16; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:25; 11:27; 11:30; 12:28; 12:28; 12:29; 13:7; 13:7

Esther

1:5; 2:11; 4:11; 5:1; 5:2; 6:4; 6:5

Psalms

10:8; 65:5; 65:5; 84:3; 84:11; 84:11; 96:8; 96:8; 100:4; 100:4; 116:19; 135:2

Isaiah

1:12; 1:12; 42:11; 42:11; 62:9

Jeremiah

19:14; 26:2; 32:2; 32:8; 32:12; 33:1; 36:10; 36:20; 36:20; 37:21; 38:6; 38:13; 38:28; 39:14; 39:15

Ezekiel

8:7; 8:16; 9:7; 10:3; 10:4; 10:5; 40:14; 40:19; 40:23; 40:32; 41:15; 42:6

Zechariah

3:7; 3:7

H2691

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Strong's Number H2691 matches the Hebrew חָצֵר (ḥāṣēr),
which occurs 48 times in 38 verses in 'Eze' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 8:7 -

Then He brought me to the entrance of the court H2691, and when I looked, behold, a hole in the wall.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 8:16

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Then He brought me into the inner court H2691 of the house of Yahweh. And behold, at the entrance to the temple of Yahweh, between the porch and the altar, were about twenty-five men with their backs to the temple of Yahweh and their faces toward the east; and they were [fn]prostrating themselves eastward toward the sun.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 9:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 9:7 - And He said to them, “Defile the house and fill the courts H2691 with the slain. Go out!” Thus they went out and struck down the people in the city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:3 -

Now the cherubim were standing on the right side of the house when the man entered, and the cloud filled the inner court H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:4 - Then the glory of Yahweh rose up from the cherub to the threshold of the house, and the house was filled with the cloud, and the court H2691 was filled with the brightness of the glory of Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 10:5 - Moreover, the sound of the wings of the cherubim was heard as far as the outer court H2691, like the voice of [fn]God Almighty when He speaks.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:14 - He made the side pillars sixty cubits high; the gate extended round about to the side pillar of the courtyard H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:17

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Then he brought me into the outer court H2691, and behold, there were chambers and a pavement made for the court H2691 all around; thirty chambers [fn]faced the pavement.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:19 - Then he measured the width from the front of the lower gate to the front of the exterior of the inner court H2691, [fn]one hundred cubits on the east and on the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:20 -

As for the gate of the outer court H2691 which faced the north, he measured its length and its width.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:23 - The inner court H2691 had a gate opposite the gate on the north as well as the gate on the east; and he measured one hundred cubits from gate to gate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:27 - The inner court H2691 had a gate toward the south; and he measured from gate to gate toward the south, one hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:28

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:28 -

Then he brought me to the inner court H2691 by the south gate; and he measured the south gate according to those same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:31

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:31 - Its porches were toward the outer court H2691; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:32

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:32 -

Then he brought me into the inner court H2691 toward the east. And he measured the gate according to those same measurements.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:34

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:34 - Its porches were toward the outer court H2691; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars, on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:37

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:37 - Its side pillars were toward the outer court H2691; and palm tree ornaments were on its side pillars on each side, and its stairway had eight steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:44

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From the outside to the inner gate were [fn]chambers for the singers in the inner court H2691, one of which was at the [fn]side of the north gate, with [fn]its front toward the south, and one at the [fn]side of the [fn]south gate facing toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 40:47

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 40:47 - He measured the court H2691, a perfect square, one hundred cubits long and one hundred cubits wide; and the altar was in front of the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 41:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 41:15 -

He measured the length of the building [fn]along the front of the separate area behind it, with a [fn]gallery on each side, one hundred cubits, along with the inner nave and the porches of the court H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:1 -

Then he brought me out into the outer court H2691, the way toward the north; and he brought me to the chamber which was opposite the separate area and opposite the building toward the north.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:3 - Opposite the [fn]twenty cubits which belonged to the inner court H2691, and opposite the pavement which belonged to the outer court H2691, was [fn]gallery corresponding to [fn]gallery in three stories.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:6 - For they were in three stories and had no pillars like the pillars of the courts H2691; therefore the upper chambers were [fn]set back from the ground upward, more than the lower and middle ones.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:7 - As for the outer wall by the side of the chambers, toward the outer court H2691 facing the chambers, its length was fifty cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:8 - For the length of the chambers which were in the outer court H2691 was fifty cubits; and behold, the length of those facing the temple was one hundred cubits.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:9 - Below these chambers was the entrance on the east side, as one enters them from the outer court H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:10 -

In the [fn]thickness of the wall of the court H2691 toward the east, facing the separate area and facing the building, there were chambers.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 42:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 42:14 - “When the priests enter, then they shall not go out into the outer court H2691 from the sanctuary [fn]without laying there their garments in which they minister, for they are holy. They shall put on other garments; then they shall come near to that which is for the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 43:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 43:5 - And the Spirit lifted me up and brought me into the inner court H2691; and behold, the glory of Yahweh filled the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:17 - “And it will be that when they enter at the gates of the inner court H2691, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and wool shall not [fn]be on them while they are ministering in the gates of the inner court H2691 and in the house.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:19 - “And when they go out into the outer court H2691, into the outer court H2691 to the people, they shall put off their garments in which they have been ministering and lay them in the holy chambers; then they shall put on other garments so that they will not transmit holiness to the people with their garments.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:21 - “Nor shall any of the priests drink wine when they enter the inner court H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 44:27

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 44:27 - “And on the day that he goes into the sanctuary, into the inner court H2691 to minister in the sanctuary, he shall bring near his sin offering,” declares Lord Yahweh.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 45:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 45:19 - “The priest shall take some of the blood from the sin offering and put it on the door posts of the house, on the four corners of the ledge of the altar, and on the posts of the gate of the inner court H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:1 -

‘Thus says Lord Yahweh, “The gate of the inner court H2691 facing east shall be shut the six working days; but it shall be opened on the sabbath day and opened on the day of the new moon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:20

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:20 - Then he said to me, “This is the place where the priests shall boil the guilt offering and the sin offering and where they shall bake the grain offering, in order that they may not bring them out into the outer court H2691 to transmit holiness to the people.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:21

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Then he brought me out into the outer court H2691 and had me pass through to the four corners of the court H2691; and behold, in every corner of the court H2691 there was a small court H2691.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 46:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 46:22 - In the four corners of the court H2691 there were enclosed courts H2691, [fn]forty cubits long and thirty wide; these four in the corners were [fn]the same size.
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